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Writ


1887 Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright, Writ for Libel

1871 President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus

1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)

1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ

1861 President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus



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